Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Leak(s) - WW

Yucky Chinese medicine to build up my body system in preparation for the surgery

I was scheduled for a major surgery on 7th May but it was postponed twice. A day before my surgery on 4th June, my haemoglobin level was too low, so the surgery was called off.

Subsequently I was sent to different specialists to investigate the cause of the low blood count. They suspect a leak somewhere.

Tomorrow morning I have to undergo endoscopy procedures. They are going to put a tube with a video camera attached to one end to examine my esophagus, stomach, duodenum and colon. I hope the same tube is not used to examine my colon and esophagus. eewww.....lol

I don't know what kind of surgery you have to have, but I wish you all the best ! The chinese medicine looks like Worcester sauce ! Endoscopy sounds scary but isn't I had to do that too. It's kind of funny that they film your insides !

Don't worry about the endoscopy procedures. They won't use the same tube for checking your colon. That would be colonoscopy. I have done a colonoscopy before and I didn't even feel a thing cos I was under anasthetic (not sure if I spelt this right! haha)

The only thing I hate about colonoscopy is the preparation before the surgery. I have to clear everything from my colon and they made me drink 3 large bottles of some kind of liquid. It was the hardest thing for me to do cos I could not stand the taste of that liquid and almost vommitted every time I drank it!!

eeks...done tt endoscopy b4 n i hated it. I did it while conscious but my fren says u can erequest for yourslef to b knocked out. I hate fasting or drinking tt gallons of fluid to flush out crap in the intestines etc. 1 day b4 the procedure. :P